HSI/Canada condemns the Canadian government’s decision to proceed with a legal challenge at the World Trade Organisation against the European Union ban on seal product trade. The dispute has been pending since Canada and Norway initiated the challenge in November 2009.

Read the statement from Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of HSI/Canada, on the reports that the Aquarium des Iles will release Zak and Mika, two harp seals captured by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans earlier this spring.

HSI/Canada commends the Vancouver City Council for unanimously passing a historic motion instructing city staff to work directly with the cities of Burnaby and Richmond to develop a common approach to ban the sale of shark fin products in all three municipalities.

Humane Society International/Canada calls on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to arrange for and fund the immediate relocation and rehabilitation of harp seals Zak and Mika, who were captured as pups for an aquarium's seasonal display.

HSI/Canada is celebrating three victories for sharks this week, as the cities of Abbotsford, Maple Ridge and North Vancouver in British Columbia ban the possession, trade, sale and distribution of shark fin products.

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